Drones carrying smaller sensors with more sophisticated capabilities are performing a variety of military and civil ISR missions. Deploying drones…
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VTOL Takes Off
Next-generation VTOL concepts are rising to meet the future needs of a modern-day battlefield. Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) concepts…
Tactical Touch Point
Next gen scout drones ready for field and flight test. Infantry soldiers, including paratroopers, are preparing to field test four…
Unmanned Plans: Where the DOD is Going with Drones
This article is all about what the services are doing with their drone programs. I don’t have the space to…
Trends: Slow But Sure
Drones are integrating with other technologies and aerial image capture methods to provide both big-picture views and detailed information about…
Farming With Drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight
Recent advances are inching BVLOS operations on farms closer to reality.
A Troubled Bridge Over Muddy Water
Ah, the Lapalco Bridge. Built in 1972 in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, the half-mile long span carries numerous commuters and freight…
Seeking Safety and Robustness in Autonomy
A free webinar on Wednesday, March 25 from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time addresses the topic…
New Satellites Could Enable Fast Drone Data Turnaround
New mega-constellations of satellites will soon enable the fast, cost-effective transmission of drone imagery from even the most remote farm fields.
The Fruits of Digital Labor
Commercial pesticide and herbicide application methods take an autonomous turn.
How Will Drones Change Agriculture?
Bottom line up front: I don’t have a sweeping, definitive answer to this question and anyone who says they do…
A Massive Crop Duster Links East and West
Ukraine is too often known for strife and tragedy. But for decades, agriculture and aviation have been integral to the…
Autonomoose Grazes Winter Roads, Gathering Data for Driverless in Snow
A Lincoln MKZ hybrid carrying a full sensor suite roves the snowy roads of Ontario, recording bad-weather data to empower…
NASA and Collins Aerospace advance UAS operations safety
Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., is one step closer to completing a nine-year project with NASA…
Your Car, Sir
Stan, a fully autonomous outdoor parking valet, is now operational at select airports in Europe. The robot uses GNSS, LiDAR…
Farming with Drones Beyond the Visual Line of Sight
Recent advances are inching BVLOS operations on farms closer to reality. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found use in agriculture…
Extended Range: VECTOR Autopilot Flies Nearly 200 Miles
Beyond visual line of site restrictions (BVLOS) are the thunderheads of UAS flying, clouding the prospects of long-range flying. While…
